Host started blocking 777

[nanrector]

I have been using coppermine for quite a few months for a high school alumni site. Just started having "write" problems. Finally emailed the host and was told this:

"We apologize for the inconvenience, but due to the recent attacks on the server we cannot allow folders to have their permissions set to 777. We have setup a script to check for folder with such permissions and reset them to 755.You will not have any trouble if you upload files via FTP or CPanels File Manager."

I'm a bit peeved..... is there a workaround somehow? There are hours and hours of work in this gallery.

Thanks
Nancy

[Joachim Müller]

755 is fine - just set your permissions on the albums folder and everything in it as your webhost suggests. Please read the permissions section of the docs to understand what is going on.

[nanrector]

Appreciate that. I had gone through part of it but obviously missed some things... (mainly due to my lack of tech knowledge in this area). I'll print it out and see if I can figure this out. It's a relief to know I can work around that issue.

Nancy